How to become a business development executive
Official title: Business development executive
Also called: Fund management business development executive, Trust business development executive, Venture capital and private equity business development executive, Assistant Manager (Network Planning), Business Development Manager, Field Sales Executive/Key Account Executive/Sales Operations Management Specialist, Network Planning Analyst, Product and Pricing Senior Executive, Senior Executive - Product Management, Trade Management Executive, Vertical Specialist, Fund management business development executive
Business development executive implements sales strategies and business plans. He/she identifies potential new business avenues and platforms through the client base, prepares for, participates in and arranges for follow-up meetings with potential businesses. He/she supports relationship building with existing and new buyers and vendors, and organises events and roadshows.
Main tasks
- Soliciting orders and selling goods to retail, industrial, wholesale and other establishments
- Selling equipment, supplies and related services to business establishments or individuals
- Obtaining and updating knowledge of market conditions and of employer’s and competitors’ goods and services
- Providing prospective customers with information about the characteristics and functions of the products and equipment for sale, and demonstrating its use or qualities
- Quoting prices and credit terms, recording orders and arranging deliveries
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Community Engagement & Development. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in IT Applications Development. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Game Development & Technology (Nanyang Polytechnic); Diploma in Psychology & Community Development (Ngee Ann Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $60,000 a year. The middle half earn $47,700 to $89,460 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- After sales adviser/Client account service executive
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Questions people ask
How do I become a business development executive?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.
How much does a business development executive earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $60,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $47,700 to $89,460.
Will AI change the work of a business development executive?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026